A day at the beach...

Some pictures taken at St. Mary's island, Whitley Bay, North East England, on 16 December.

All with the 30D + 100-400mm at 400mm, handheld.

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Nice lot of birds make the most of the sunny weather.

Starling has gone to roost and not showing.
I like the others but can't help thinking they would have been even better had you used a tripod. Just a thought, thanks for showing.

Thanks gents.

Scrumpy, I'm puzzled about your mention of a tripod: does that suggest that there's a lack of sharpness here?

If so, it's not a lack that's apparent on my monitor.

Thelook great on my monitor, and I love the low angle, well done

Lovely shots, they look crisp enough on my screen.

Thanks for sharing.

Look fine to me A OK.

Beautiful captures at the beach Keith. Love the sanderling shot with "Clone" theme.

Very nice shots Keith. I assume the birds did not notice you doing a leopard crawl across the beach ?
I have seen Turnstone but not at close quarters like your shots. The first Turnstone piccie is very nice. I have yet to see Sanderling even at long distance.

Great shots Keith

Dan

Nice series Keith - the Sanderling's look like they are putting on a show for you.

Excellent captures... No problem here with clarity..

Very nice series here. The Sanderlings shot made me smile but they are all great.

Excellent series Keith.

Great series, Keith. Thanks for showing them to us.